09/10/2013

Mount Kenya University to build first Research centre.

Mount Kenya University plans to establish a
research centre for students. Speaking during the closure of the first
international research conference at Safari Park Hotel, MKU
Pro-chancellor Prof Chacha Nyaigoti said the research centre will be the
first of its kind in Kenya and East Africa.
Chacha said no university can do without research. He said in the
modern society, publications alone cannotbe useful without innovation
and that is why the university is investing in the project. He said MKU
also plans to establish an innovation centre at Konza city.
Chacha said the Konza city centre idea was borrowed from well
established universities around the world, whose researchers work hand
in hand with industry and private sectors.
"Developed countries with sound economies like Japan, China and UK
are performing well because researchers and academia are working with
industry by applying knowledge in practice," he said.